Brian Buhr

Professor
Department Head

Phone: 612-625-0231
Email: bbuhr@umn.edu

231E Ruttan Hall
1994 Buford Avenue
St Paul, MN 55108

Appointed to Head July 2008.

Appointed E. Fred Koller Chair in Management Information Systems

PhD Iowa State University 1992

Professor Buhr works in the areas of commodity marketing with an emphasis in livestock markets. He has worked extensively with commodity marketing groups on risk management, value added marketing and the economic impacts of policy and technology.

Current research includes analysis of the economic value of traceability in agribusiness and the incentive mechanisms that can improve product quality and conduct of market participants. Professor Buhr is also conducting policy research on issues of animal welfare, the impacts of biofuels on the livestock and meat industry and the economic impacts of animal diseases in livestock. Recent publications have appeared in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Agricultural Finance, Review of Agricultural Economics and the Journal of Food Distribution Research.

Professor Buhr teaches three courses: Commodity Marketing, Futures and Options Marketing and an Agribusiness Study Tour Course.